Pre-America / 1400s–1600s
These were the first people in North America who migrated from Asia and settled across the continent.
Native Americans
This war left Britain in heavy debt, leading it to tax the American colonies.
French and Indian War
This Virginia settlement was where enslaved Africans were brought in 1619.
Jamestown
This 1920s cultural movement included African American art, literature, and music.
Harlem Renaissance
This phrase described the colonists’ complaint that they were taxed without having a voice in government.
Taxation Without Representation
This term describes the movement of people from Asia into North America.
Migration
This 1765 law was passed by Britain to raise money from the colonies.
Stamp Act
This secret safe path helped many enslaved people escape to free states or Canada.
Underground Railroad
This policy banned alcohol under the 18th Amendment.
Prohibition
This compromise counted enslaved people as part of the population for representation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
This describes the way Native Americans built villages, traded goods, and connected with other groups.
Trade Networks
This protest involved colonists dumping British tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
This law was passed to control enslaved people and force escapees to be returned.
Fugitive Slave Act
This 1929 event marked a massive sell-off of stocks.
Black Tuesday
Civil Rights President?
LBJ
These crops increased profits and made colonists need large workforces
Cash Crops
This first system of government after independence created a weak national government.
Articles of Confederation
This 1863 order freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
Emancipation Proclamation
This program by FDR focused on relief, recovery, and reform.
New Deal
This case officially ended school segregation.
Brown v. Board of Education
This system forcibly brought Africans to America for labor.
Slave Trade
This meeting in Philadelphia created the Constitution.
Constitutional Convention
This amendment ended slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment
This Cold War fear involved the belief that communists were secretly influencing America.
Red Scare
This committee held public hearings during the Red Scare to investigate suspected communist influence.
House Un-American Activities Committee